A view of people in line at Alpha Community Center, a soup kitchen that provides hot breakfast, lunch, emergency food pantry, and rent/utility assistance. The center is one of the Shelby County United Way’s partner agencies that “Support Critical Human Needs.”
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The Shelby County United Way campaign is in its fifh week with the theme “Unite and Uplift.”
The organization says its partner agency allocation process provides accountability and ensures the community’s dollars are impacting Shelby County’s greatest needs.
The organization says donations from this campaign will allow it to continue to invest in five impact areas: Investing in youth and families, promoting health and well being, supporting critical human needs, rebuilding from adversity, and community-wide initiatives.
The United Way partner agencies that are supporting critical human needs are:
• Agape Distribution is a food pantry that provides groceries for all at risk families through their food pantry, mobile rural food pantry and urban sustainability project.
• Alpha Community Center is a soup kitchen that provides hot breakfast, lunch, emergency food pantry, and rent/utility assistance.
• Mercy Mission House provides overnight and short-term emergency shelter for those in need in the community. MMH clients are connected with area services to help them receive permanent housing, counseling, job placements and food/meal assistance among other services.
The United Way partner agencies that are rebuilding from adversity are:
• New Choices Domestic Violence Shelter provides 24-hour shelter, crisis line, safety planning, restraining orders, and outreach for victims of domestic violence.
• Samaritan Works provides sober living homes and a structured program for men and women.
• Shelby County Victim Services provides support, trauma counseling and court advocacy to victims of crime through 24-hour response to law enforcement and hospital requests.
• STAR House-Sheriff’s Treatment and Recovery House provides a sober living environment, case management, and job placement for inmates transitioning into the community.
“It is a true privilege to help our partner agencies that are doing all the boots on the ground hard work to help those with critical human needs to rebuild from adversity,” UW President and CEO Karla Young said. “We can’t thank the generous donors enough in our community that help us Unite and Uplift those in need at a critical time in their lives.”
Donors can make payroll contributions with participating employers, or to make a one time or reoccurring donation go to www.shelbycountyunitedway.org and click on DONATE. Donors can also text SHELBY to 40403. Checks can be made payable to Shelby County United Way and mailed to P.O. Box 751, Sidney, OH 45365.
